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This book explores contemporary patterns of economic discrimination faced by Dalits and religious minorities like Muslims, and the underlying attitudinal orientations that contribute to inequality in various spheres of life. It investigates empirical evidence of discrimination by focusing on the urban labour market as well as other markets in rural areas. It also analyses discrimination in non-market transactions like access to education, primary healthcare services, and fair price shops. Through detailed case studies, the essays examine the consequences of exclusion on unequal access to business, wage-earning, health status, and educational attainments and suggest possible remedies. The introduction provides a conceptual framework and the foreword by Kaushik Basu underscores the importance of developing an interface between economics and social sciences in order to give greater visibility to research on discrimination. This book will interest students and scholars of Dalit and subaltern studies, economics, sociology, and politics. It will be an invaluable resource for policymakers and activists.

Sukhadeo Thorat is Chairman, Indian Council for Social Science Research and Professor of Economics, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the former Chairman, University Grants Commission.

Katherine S. Newman is James B. Knapp Dean, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University. She is former Malcolm Forbes Class of 1941 Professor at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Sociology, and Director, Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University.

List of Tables and FigureForeword by Kaushik BasuPreface and AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Economic Discrimination Concept, Consequences and Remedies by Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine S. Newman PART I. MARKET DISCRIMINATION: LABOUR AND OTHER MARKETS 1. The Legacy of Social Exclusion: A Correspondence Study of Job Discrimination in India's Urban Private Sector by Sukhadeo Thorat and Paul Attewell2. In the Name of Globalization: Meritocracy, Productivity, and the Hidden Language of Caste by Surinder S. Jodhka and Katherine S. Newman3. Where the Path Leads: The Role of Caste in Post-university Employment Expectations by Ashwini Deshpande and Katherine S. Newman4. Wage and Job Discrimination in the Indian Urban Labour Market by S. Madheswaran and Paul Attewell5. Caste System and Pattern of Discrimination in Rural Markets by Sukhadeo Thorat , M. Mahamallik, and Nidhi SadanaPART 2. NON-MARKET DISCRIMINATION: HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND FOOD-RELATED INSTITUTIONS 6. Inequality in Health Outcomes in India: The Role of Caste and Religion by Vani K. Borooah7. Caste and Patterns of Discrimination in Rural Public Health Care Services by Sanghmitra S. Acharya8. Segmented Schooling: Inequalities in Primary Education by Sonalde Desai, Cecily Darden Adams, and Amaresh Dubey9. Exclusion and Discrimination in Schools: Experiences of Dalit Children by Geetha B. Nambissan10. Food Security Schemes and Caste Discrimination by Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel LeePART 3. DISCRIMINATION-INDUCED INEQUALITIES: CAPITAL ASSETS, AND POVERTY 11. Caste and Ownership of Private Enterprises: Consequences of Denial of Property Rights by Sukhadeo Thorat, Debolina Kundu, and Nidhi Sadana12. Minority Status and Labour Market Outcomes: Does India Have Minority Enclaves? by Maitreyi Bordia Das13. Caste, Ethnicity and Religion: Linkages with Unemployment and Poverty by Smita DasSelect BibliographyNotes on Contributors.